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[Chris Halse Rogers <raof@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 21:54 +0000, Daniel Hahler wrote: 
> > Your apport data indicates that you have the nvidia-current package
> > installed, which provides the binary nvidia drivers.  If the binary
> > drivers are activated, nouveau will not work.
> 
> Ok. I've purged nvidia-current and nvidia-glx-185 now.
> 
> > Did you disable the restricted drivers in System→Administration→Hardware
> > Drivers before trying nouveau?
> 
> No. I cannot find such a menu entry/module in Kubuntu. What's the command to 
> execute it in a non-Gnome DE?

I'm not sure where it is in Kubuntu, but it would be jockey-kde.  You
can also run it from a terminal, as jockey-text --disable
xorg:nvidia_current.

> And what will it do, apart from purging the packages maybe?

It will ensure the alternatives system for libgl etc are set correctly,
and it will remove the xorg.conf specifying the nvidia driver.

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